Freedom is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Watauga is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Freedom Patriots will welcome the Watauga Pioneers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Freedom was handed a 20-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Ashe County, sneaking past 64-62.
Meanwhile, Watauga was able to grind out a solid win over Hibriten on Friday, taking the game 57-45. The Pioneers haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Freedom's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 12-9. As for Watauga, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5.
Freedom might still be hurting after the 83-63 defeat they got from Watauga in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watauga's Kate Sears, who shot 5-for-8 from beyond the arc and dropped a triple-double on 43 points, 21 rebounds, and 15 assists. Now that Freedom knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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